"in contrast with her normal output when she joined Epic Records. Tom Watkins, the manager of the Pet Shop Boys was in the US offices at Epic around this time, promoting his new band Bros. He heard that Minnelli had just been signed by Epic and suggested that Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys could work with her on the album. As it happened, Minnelli had heard their song ""Rent"" and loved it and was thrilled to hear that they may be interested to work with her. Tennant was already a fan of Minnelli and set"
"Chris Lowe met in a hi-fi shop on King's Road in Chelsea, London, in 1981. With a mutual interest in dance music, they began to work together on material, first in Tennant's flat in Chelsea, then, from 1982, in a small studio in Camden Town. Their band name was taken from friends who worked in a pet shop in Ealing, and were known as the ""pet shop boys"". In August 1983, Tennant who was an assistant editor at ""Smash Hits"", went to New York to interview Sting. While there he arranged to meet Hi-NRG producer Bobby Orlando, and gave him"
"retained that look since then. A ""Guardian"" profile of the group from 1993 noted that Lowe's image of ""silent Chris walking two steps behind singing Neil"" was an intentional choice, developed in discussion with photographer and music video director Eric Watson; Watson has commented that ""Chris didn't want to be seen playing keyboards or anything. We realised there was something about somebody singing and somebody else doing nothing – just looking, then looking away – that adds a hideous tension."" Chris Lowe Christopher Sean Lowe (born 4 October 1959) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and co-founder of the synthpop"
"but otherwise passive, in the foreground. Tennant and Lowe both became well known for standing still throughout performances. In a 2016 interview, Chris Lowe said the duo's live performances was a response to the music scene in the 1980s: ""Everyone was so active. It was a big party where everyone was having a great time and smiling at the camera. Thumbs aloft! We just didn’t want to do that. So we ignored the cameras and the jollity of the situations. Let’s face it, it’s easier to stand stock-still isn’t it?"". However, when they first began touring, in 1989, they were"
"Tennant, the main lyrical concept came while in a recording studio in Camden Town when Chris Lowe asked him to make up a lyric based around the line ""Let's make lots of money"". The first version of the song, recorded with the duo's first producer, Bobby Orlando, was not released; upon signing with record label Parlophone, they re-recorded the song with J. J. Jeczalik (of Art of Noise) and Nicholas Froome. The original single release charted low at number 116 in the UK, to be exceedingly outdone by the number one spectacle of the second release of ""West End Girls"""
"2001 2-CD re-release of ""Behaviour""), Neil Tennant states that ""Jealousy"" is the first proper song ever composed by the duo. Chris Lowe composed the melody at the piano in his parents' home and, as he felt it should be a ballad, asked Tennant to write an intense-sounding lyric. Tennant complied by writing a lyric about the simplest form of jealousy: infidelity suspicions aroused by someone's indifferent or disrespectful attitudes towards another person's feelings (such as making his/her partner wait all night for a phone call which never comes). The song was then left off three albums because the duo were"
"fully instrumental re-recording of the song, ""In the Night '95"", for the purpose of replacing the old theme. The music video for the first single release was directed Eric Watson and Andy Morahan. It depicts Lowe in an underground parking garage; a Cadillac pulls up to him and stops, whereupon Tennant materialises in front of it, dressed in a hat, glasses, and a suit by British fashion designer Stephen Linard, and standing inside a rectangular hole in the ground while singing the song while his face continually twitches suggesting missing frames and inflates in similar fashion to a frog. The"
"linking North and West Yorkshire. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to journalism and broadcasting. She is close friends with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys, and is partial to a game of tennis. Janet Street-Porter Janet Street-Porter, (""née"" Bull; born 27 December 1946) is an English media personality, journalist and broadcaster. She was editor for two years of ""The Independent on Sunday"", but relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002. She has made numerous television appearances on discussion programmes including ""Question"
"rhetoric, in a manner similar to how artists sample music from other artists. The video clip alternately features Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as a pair of doctors, a pair of soldiers in , a judge presiding over Oscar Wilde (the line ""And I my lord, may I say nothing?"" is a close paraphrase of Wilde's comment after being sentenced to hard labour for homosexual practices) and a football referee and fan. The French sample in the song is taken from the 1950 Jean Cocteau movie ""Orphée"": in it coded and poetic messages are sent over the radio. Track 2"
"David Tennant David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the Tenth Doctor in the British television series ""Doctor Who"", Alec Hardy in ""Broadchurch"", Giacomo Casanova in the TV serial ""Casanova"", Kilgrave in ""Jessica Jones"", and Barty Crouch, Jr. in the film ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"". In addition to his appearances on screen, he has worked as a voice actor and in theatre, including Prince Hamlet in a critically acclaimed 2008 stage production of ""Hamlet"" and as the voice of Scrooge"
"original 7-inch ""Paninaro"", titled ""Paninaro '95"", was released as a single (which was featured in the later """" set) to promote the 2-disc compilation. The cover of ""Alternative"" features photographs of Tennant and Lowe in fencing masks. The first copies of the CD have a lenticular image on the cover which shifts between the two photographs. Neil Tennant admitted in a radio interview with Absolute Radio that a second B-side album may be released in 2010. This materialised on 11 November 2011 when the duo announced through Varsity that they would release another B-sides album in February 2012 titled ""Format""."
"Lucas entered into a civil partnership with Kevin McGee, in a ceremony in Central London. In attendance were various celebrities, including Barbara Windsor, Neil Tennant, Elton John, and Courtney Love. Their civil partnership was dissolved through the High Court in 2008. Lucas was raised Jewish and variously described himself as an atheist and a ""fairly secular Jew"". From 2012 to 2015, Lucas lived with his ""Bridesmaids"" co-star Rebel Wilson in West Hollywood. Lucas is a supporter of Arsenal. Official Unofficial Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English comedian, screenwriter, actor and singer, best known for"
"show consists of the band along with two dancers performing in front of a huge screen. The screen often projects the silhouettes of band members Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe morphing into different colours or shapes according to each song, but it also projects other types of videos, such as visiting places of the world via Google Earth during Somewhere. The show starts with Axis and ends, on most dates, with Vocal, which are respectively the opening and closing tracks of their Electric album. The set list has some short interludes or extended instrumental parts to allow the band to"
"a spectator standing slightly behind Tennant. In live performances he rarely interacts with the audience and often stands still while playing keyboards. In 1995, ""The Guardian"" commented that he was ""possibly more famous for not doing anything than almost anyone else in the history of popular entertainment."". Lowe has also been well known for his multiplicity of outfits. He also had everal different hairstyles throughout the 1980s, ranging from long to short to shaven. He then regrew his hair through the 1990s to early 2000s. From 2002-2003 he sported a long style; in 2004 he shaved his hair and has"
"stresses of touring and how being away from loved ones can make musicians unwilling to trust others or carry on with their career, contrasting it with the humour of ironic, pretentious or rude things people say to touring musicians. Tennant has said that many of the lines in the song, such as 'And someone said, ""It's fabulous you're still around today—you've both made such a little go a very long way!""' actually happened. ""Euroboy"", a dance track written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe in the Eurodance mould of such bands as Cappella and Livin' Joy, was released as one"
"known as The Troubles. Later his work for the BBC took him as far afield as Ethiopia and Argentina. From the mid-1990s he was a newsreader on BBC One bulletins, also becoming a frequent presenter on radio programmes such as PM. His final work for the BBC until his retirement in 2009 saw him as presented on the BBC News Channel on Fridays between 7pm and 10pm, and Saturdays and Sundays between 7pm and 12 midnight. His co-presenters included Anita McVeigh and Joanna Gosling. Lowe was replaced in April 2009 by Clive Myrie. Chris Lowe lives in Ealing, West London."
"black and white, shows Chris Lowe arriving at King's Cross station by train and walking past various low-life characters. The other, filmed in colour, features Margi Clarke as the partner of a wealthy man (played by Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath), who is hosting a dinner party. The lyrics are sung by Tennant, who plays her chauffeur. The woman becomes annoyed when the man pays her no attention. She then gets Tennant to drive her to King's Cross. There, she meets Chris Lowe on the platform and they embrace. Rent (song) ""Rent"" is a 1987 single by the Pet"
"to place themselves in a modern computer graphic world. This concept of re-invention was revisited for the promotion of their ""Nightlife"" album, in which they transformed their look, wearing wigs and glasses, with stylised futuristic urban wardrobes. In 2006, both Tennant and Lowe were seen on stage and in photographs wearing clothes designed by Hedi Slimane/Dior Homme. The duo have always been interested in the artwork, design and photography of their own releases. Photographer Eric Watson helped shape the original image of Pet Shop Boys, creating many of their photographs and videos from 1984 to 1991. In design they have"
"their ""Jealousy"" single as a B-side. Neil Tennant worked with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr on their first album as Electronic, whose first single, ""Getting Away with It"", co-written and co-produced by Tennant, was released on 4 December 1989. Later, in 1991, Lowe also contributed to the Electronic project, contributing the chord sequence to ""The Patience of a Saint"" on their 1991 album. In 1992, Tennant sang lead vocals on the non-album single ""Disappointed"", which was featured on the soundtrack to the movie ""Cool World"". In addition, a remix of ""So Hard"", by notorious electronic music duo The KLF, released"
"At the beginning of the video, noises from the city can be heard, a camera passes Lowe on the street, and focuses on two vintage dolls in a shop window. Then appears a sequence of quick cuts with shots of the city's different sub-cultures; the video freezes and cuts to Tennant and Lowe, who walk through an empty Wentworth Street in Petticoat Lane Market. They stand in front of a red garage door; Tennant is in front dressed with a long coat, white shirt and dark necktie, directly addressing the camera, with Lowe standing behind him with a blank expression."
"as its President for many years. In 2011, he sold his share to Peter Brant. He owns the BlackWatch Polo Team. Divorced from comedian Caroline Hirsch, he lives in Wellington, Florida. Neil Hirsch Neil Hirsch is an American businessman. He is the founder of Telerate, and the current owner of Loanet and the BlackWatch Polo Team. Neil Hirsch was born in 1948. At the age of 21, he dropped out of college and founded Telerate, a global communications network, where he served as President and Chief Executive. By 1990, he sold to Dow Jones & Company for more than $1.5"
"J (Alive), David Guetta (Nothing But The Beat), JLS (JLS, Outta This World, Jukebox, Evolution), The Saturdays (On Your Radar), Olly Murs (Olly Murs) and more. Ali Tennant Lorne Alistair Tennant, better known as Ali Tennant, is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer/mentor from London, England signed to BMG Chrysalis. Tennant released one album ""Crucial"" under the name Ali in 1998 on Polydor, and a single ""Bitter Honey"". Beginning his songwriting career in 1998, he has had credits on 17 top ten albums, 7 of which hit number 1, as well as 4 singles, one of which debuted at"
"Tyler James Williams Tyler James Williams (born October 9, 1992) is an American actor, hip hop recording artist, musician, music video director, film director and graphic designer. He is most recognizable for having played the title character of the Chris Rock-inspired sitcom ""Everybody Hates Chris"", and songwriter Cyrus DeBarge in the Disney Channel movie ""Let It Shine"". He has also had a supporting role as Noah on AMC's ""The Walking Dead"", and on """". Williams was born in Westchester County, New York and was raised in Yonkers, New York. His mother, Angela Williams, is a singer and songwriter, and his"
"His son Alex is a sports reporter for The Times of London newspaper and his daughter Rebecca works as a sports presenter, for NBC Sports in the US. A lifelong Crystal Palace supporter, Lowe is an elected member of the Executive Board of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and is a former chairman of its Dining Club. He also chairs regular forums for The Cricket Society for whom he was appointed as a vice-president in 2006, a position he shares with Derek Underwood and Tim Rice . Chris Lowe (journalist) John Christopher Lowe (born 25 January 1949 in Ayrshire, Scotland) is"
"Ali Tennant Lorne Alistair Tennant, better known as Ali Tennant, is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer/mentor from London, England signed to BMG Chrysalis. Tennant released one album ""Crucial"" under the name Ali in 1998 on Polydor, and a single ""Bitter Honey"". Beginning his songwriting career in 1998, he has had credits on 17 top ten albums, 7 of which hit number 1, as well as 4 singles, one of which debuted at number 1. Later years have seen Tennant vocal coach and produce for a number of high-profile clients such as The X Factor, The Voice UK, Jessie"
"public transport and taking flight-free holidays. The board of non-executive trustees is chaired by Tessa Tennant, who also founded The Ice Organisation. Global Cool has attracted the support of several famous names, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Sienna Miller, Scissor Sisters, Kasabian, Heather Graham, Josh Hartnett, Brandon Flowers, Johnny Borrell, Dave Grohl, Amitabh Bachchan, Rosario Dawson, Tony Blair, Shekhar Kapur, KT Tunstall, Perry Farrell, Maroon 5, Scott Henshall, Adam Croasdell, Jo Wood, Leah Wood, Stella Tennant, VV Brown, Rick Edwards, Scott Mills, George Lamb, Mr Hudson, Gemma Cairney and Grace Woodward. Maroon 5 has a link to the website in"
"the second son of Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner. She was awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to sustainable investment in 2018. Their son Euan runs The Glen, the Tennant family estate in the Scottish Borders, which has hosted seminars and retreats on green finance and sustainability issues. In 2007 she married Bill Staempfli, a New York architect. Tessa Tennant Teresa Mary Tennant (29 May 1959 – 7 July 2018) was a British advocate of sustainable investment. She co-founded one of the UK’s first green investment funds. She was a pioneer in the field of responsible investment and"
"Chris Knox Chris Knox (born 2 September 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist and movie reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the group Tall Dwarfs with guitarist Alec Bathgate. The Tall Dwarfs were noted for their unpolished sound and intense live shows. His 4-track machine was used to record most of the early Flying Nun singles. He has also released a number of solo, self-produced albums which feature his Casiotone. Knox has also released an album"
"thus decided to sample the melody from it. Coincidentally, Flowers later learned that Axwell and Ingrosso previously sampled ""Smalltown Boy"" for their 2006 single ""Tell Me Why"". ""I Can Change"" features a vocal recording of Neil Tennant (of the Pet Shop Boys) taken via a cell phone answering machine. Flowers has said of the recording: ""We just talked about it, and we just had this gap in a verse and we needed to stick something in there. We were talking about it being a speaking part, and the greatest musical 'speaker' is Neil Tennant! His voice is like no other."
"Cass Lowe Cass Lowe is a multi-platinum selling British songwriter, record producer, musician and singer, best known for his Grammy Award and Ivor Novello-winning collaborations with Jesse & Joy, Snakehips and Chance the Rapper. Lowe has produced and co-written songs with and for artists including Tinashe, Zayn, Chance The Rapper, AlunaGeorge, Rudimental, Fifth Harmony, Charli XCX, James Arthur, MØ, and Take That. In 2016, he won the Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song with Snakehips for co-writing their song All My Friends feat. Chance The Rapper and Tinashe. Lowe won the award for Songwriter Of The Year at the"
"Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore"" showed Tennant and Lowe being transformed into their new appearances, though in a fantastical manner: they are operated on by medical laboratory machines, then covered in talcum powder and dressed by monks in a ritual-like manner. Finally, they are given dogs on leashes and released into a ""different world"", where everyone else is also dressed in exactly the same way. Conceptualised among the band members, McNeil, and director Pedro Romhanyi, the video was created to showcase the costumes. It was visually influenced by the films ""THX 1138"" (1971) in the"
"playing an alcoholic footballer/policeman in a 1997 episode of ""Pie in the Sky"". In 2006 he guest-starred in ""The Bill"" in which his character (James Tennant) was involved in the storyline of missing child Amy Tennant. In the summer of 2010, Stuke featured in ""Celebrity MasterChef"". He has also been a panellist on several episodes of the topical discussion series ""The Wright Stuff"". In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ""The Guardian"" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Neil Stuke Neil Robert Stuke (born"
"Skip Hinnant Joseph Howard ""Skip"" Hinnant (born September 12, 1940) is an American actor, singer, voice actor and comedian. Skip Hinnant's first major role was as Cathy's boyfriend, Ted, on ""The Patty Duke Show"" from 1963 to 1965. In 1967, he played Schroeder in the original off-Broadway cast of Clark Gesner's ""You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,"" where his older brother, Bill Hinnant, played Snoopy. Hinnant is best known as a featured performer on the children's show ""The Electric Company"", which aired on the American educational television network PBS from 1971 to 1977. He was best known at that time"